December 4, 2008
Inventor Leo Fender was a design pioneer, and the high quality vintage guitars, vintage basses, and vintage amplifiers he gave the world before selling his company to CBS in 1965 are highly collectible. In 1951, Fender released his first electric guitar, the Broadcaster, later renamed the Telecaster. But 1954 was Fender’s big year, with the introduction of the Stratocaster electric guitar ('Strat' to collectors), which became the gold standard for solid body electrics.
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